After her mother’s sudden death, seventeen-year-old Maggie Matthews is left an orphan, or so she thought... Within weeks, Maggie is trading the fast pace of Los Angeles for a sprawling family farm, a house full of strangers, and a family she's not sure she wants.

Determined to leave the moment she turns eighteen, Maggie keeps her heart carefully guarded. But the longer she's there, the harder it becomes to ignore the kindness of her new family, her sudden desire for a father, and the quiet charm of Austin Callaway, a hardworking farmhand who makes Tennessee feel a little more like home.

As the countdown to freedom continues, radical secrets are revealed, life-long relationships are severed, and Maggie, who thought she knew her own strength, learns just how powerful she can be with those she loves standing beside her.

Under the Magnolia Tree is a heartfelt coming-of-age romance about family, forgiveness, finding where you belong, and discovering that home isn't always the place you came from—sometimes it's the people willing to love you in spite of it.